“There is another type of car where the chance is 140 times greater than with electric cars.” How dangerous are EVs really?

After the incident at a charging point in Marke on Boxing Day, people are concerned: how dangerous are electric cars actually? Can they just explode? And does it always take days to extinguish such a battery fire? HLN mobility expert Brecht Vanhaelewyn: “Batteries can start to burn after an accident or during charging, but there are also cases where a battery fire occurs spontaneously, without a specific reason.” What do the numbers say? And how safe are large underground parking garages with hundreds of charging points?

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